Both the Gingrich campaign and NBC have complained about the ad, even though, as the Romney campaign points out, it is a largely unedited reproduction of what Brokaw said in 1997.

In addition to the three airings of the Romney campaign ad, I also saw two airings of an ad by the Romney supporting super PAC "Restore Our Future." It points out that while Gingrich has said at debate that he helped bring the Reagan revolution to Washington as a congressman, Ronald Reagan's memoir mentioned Gingrich just once. That ad aired twice back-to-back with the Brokaw ads.